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Illicit possession of a controlled drug carries one to five years in prison, a fine of 50,000 to 100,000 Burundian francs, or both, under Article 510 of the 2017 Penal Code.[@cp17] The code leaves drug classification to health-ministry orders.[@cp17]
label Illicit possession (Penal Code Article 510) · treatment criminal · term Possession · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · fine 100000 · note Fine of FBu 50,000–100,000
Growing narcotic plants is prohibited outside conditions set by the health ministry.[@cp17] The general regulatory offence carries one to five years in prison, a fine of 100,000 to 250,000 Burundian francs, or both.[@cp17] The code separately punishes illicit production with ten to fifteen years and a fine up to one million francs, and orders confiscated crops destroyed.[@cp17]
label Unauthorised growing (regulatory offence) · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · fine 250000 · note Fine of FBu 100,000–250,000, label Illicit production · treatment criminal · term Production · prison min 10 years · prison 15 years · fine 1000000 · note Fine of up to FBu 1,000,000; confiscated crops destroyed
Mainline's country briefing reports that people who use drugs face arrest, imprisonment or fines.[@ml] Its interviewees described court supervision for consumption as rarely implemented because institutions lacked staff and resources.[@ml] These accounts cover drugs generally; the report gives no cannabis-specific imprisonment rate.
Helping someone else use a controlled drug, for payment or free, carries one to five years in prison and a fine of 50,000 to one million Burundian francs.[@cp17] This includes providing a place for use.[@cp17] Production, import, manufacture and export carry ten to fifteen years and a fine up to one million francs; organised-group penalties are doubled.[@cp17]
label Helping someone else use, free or paid · treatment criminal · term Facilitation · prison min 1 year · prison 5 years · fine 1000000 · note Fine of FBu 50,000–1,000,000; includes providing a place for use, label Production, import, manufacture or export · treatment criminal · term Trafficking · prison min 10 years · prison 15 years · fine 1000000 · note Fine of up to FBu 1,000,000; doubled for organised groups
Illicit consumption carries one to five years in prison, a fine of 50,000 to 100,000 Burundian francs, or both.[@cp17] Judges must also impose supervision intended to prevent repeat offending.[@cp17] This can include treatment after medical assessment or training, with further imprisonment if ordered care or training is refused.[@cp17]
Growing, selling, transporting and holding controlled drugs are prohibited outside conditions set by the health ministry.[@cp17] The reviewed sources establish no authorised supply for recreational users.[@cp17,ml]
No licensed production. The 2017 code bans growing, selling, transporting and holding controlled drugs outside health-ministry conditions.[@cp17]
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One name is recorded: a [1977 American report](/history/burundi-us-report-1977/) noted that older and poorer Burundians sometimes called cannabis *chanvre à fumer*, smoking hemp.[@us77]
The drug provisions require confiscation of controlled plants and substances and equipment used for consumption, manufacture or transport.[@cp17] Courts must order confiscated crops destroyed; the offender bears the cost when authorities carry out the destruction.[@cp17]
The reviewed sources establish no legal recreational supply for visitors.[@cp17,ml] Illicit possession or consumption carries one to five years in prison, a fine of 50,000 to 100,000 Burundian francs, or both.[@cp17]
word chanvre à fumer · lang French · meaning smoking hemp; what older and poorer Burundians called cannabis in 1977 · sources us77
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No industrial-hemp exception was verified: the 2017 code bans growing narcotic plants outside health-ministry conditions with no low-THC distinction, and no hemp production is documented.[@cp17]
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